The new sewing school has been officially opened

The new Hotel de la Paix & LHA
Sewing School was officially opened on Thursday 14 April - the
first day of the Khmer New Year.

The construction of the new
building took over three months. It was carried out by ASMA
architects (company operating in Siem Reap and Paris) and sponsored
by the Hotel de la Paix.

Today a new class of 26 girls have
started a sewing training course. They will graduate 10 months
later. Previous class, which graduated in November 2010, had only
20 students. Because the old building was much smaller, they had to
share the working space with some graduates. As the upper level has
been added, 16 graduates will have a separate space for working.
There will also be a room to store materials, an office/teacher's
room to meet the clients, and bathrooms.

The old building was in operation
from 2005 to the late 2010. During this time, six classes graduated
from the school. Hotel de la
Paix has been involved in the sponsorship and development of
the school from the very beginning. It promotes responsible tourism
and is actvely involved in a number of community development
projects including Green Gecko project and Sangkheum Center for
Children.

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